The next evening.
New Century Center.
It was time for the daily quiz game again, and Yan Qiuwen walked into Su Zelin's office.
The temperature suddenly dropped, making her shiver.
The air conditioning was on low and must have been on for a long time.
A judgment immediately popped up in the female Zhuge's mind.
Although the weather in Lin'an is a bit hot now, it obviously does not require such extreme air conditioning adjustments.
Yan Qiuwen quickly figured out the reason.
Yesterday I gave Su Zelin a tip, which was to use the strategy of inflicting pain on oneself.
One of the methods of inflicting pain on one's self is naturally to get sick.
But even with such air conditioning, it seems unrealistic to make a guy with his physique sick...
At least since Yan Qiuwen joined the company, Su Zelin has been full of energy every day and has never taken a sick leave.
However, when she saw the scoundrel sitting on the office chair, she was stunned.
Su Zelin's face looked very ugly, a little pale, and his lips had lost their color.
If he was like a tireless stallion on normal days, he was now a sick horse.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Yan Qiuwen couldn't help but ask.
"I finally have a fever. I just took it and it's 39 degrees. Hehe!"
Although he looked sick, there was a hint of achievement in his smile on the corner of his mouth.
"How did you do that?"
The female Zhuge couldn't understand.
Short of injecting the stallion with the virus directly, she couldn't think of a way to make him sick naturally in such a short time.
"It's very simple. It can be summed up in two words - overdraft!"
"First of all, after I got home yesterday, I went to the gym downstairs in the community and lifted weights like crazy for several hours, pushing my physical energy to its limit!"
"Then, I turned the air conditioner at home to the lowest setting of 16 degrees, didn't cover myself with a blanket all night, and took an ice bath before that!"
"Also, I didn't sleep a wink last night, and I haven't eaten anything so far. I just drank a few glasses of ice water to fill my stomach!"
Yan Qiuwen: “…”
Just by casually describing it, she could imagine how sour and pleasurable that feeling was.
"at last… "
Su Zelin stopped talking here, which aroused Yan Qiuwen's curiosity.
Isn't this kind of self-torture enough
"what else?"
She asked subconsciously.
"Forget it, it's better if you don't know."
The gangster touched his nose.
"Don't talk halfway, tell me the whole story!"
Su Zelin's secretive attitude made the female Zhuge Liang feel stuck in a dilemma.
“Well, I also used a roll of paper towels last night!”
The gangster coughed dryly and shrugged.
Yan Qiuwen was slightly stunned, but the smart girl immediately understood Su Zelin's hidden meaning and her face turned red instantly.
What does it mean to use a roll of paper towels in one night
Bro, you've been having sex seventy times a night...
This is no ordinary overdraft. It's a comprehensive overdraft from body temperature, rest, diet to energy.
If it were a man with a slightly weaker physical condition, he might have suffered a permanent illness.
"Are you okay? Don't take it too far!"
Yan Qiuwen advised: "Or, let's think of another way."
"It's okay, this is it. Besides, it's not easy to get rid of the fever, so we can't give up halfway!"
The bastard patted his chest loudly: "Qiu Wen, I know you care about me, but don't worry, I'm an iron man and can handle it. Well, I have to go back. I have to go to the gym to continue lifting weights later. That's it, bye!"
Thirty-nine degrees is already a high fever, but Su Zelin is not satisfied. He is afraid that his immunity is too strong and the high fever will heal quickly, so he plans to continue overdrawing and keep his body in this weak state.
After saying this, he left the office in a flash.
Looking at the gangster's receding back, Yan Qiuwen shook her head helplessly, and suddenly felt regretful for giving him the secret bag.
After returning home, although Su Zelin was starving, he did not eat dinner. He drank half a bottle of ice water and then rushed to the Meilan Gym.
He was still lifting weights at a high intensity. The coaches in the gym were quite surprised to see him. They all recognized this male member with a masochistic tendency.
Logically, after yesterday's level of training, even a fitness expert would feel sore all over and need to rest. I didn't expect this guy to do it again and maintain the same intensity as yesterday.
Su Zelin trained like this until the gym closed, and then he left leisurely.
While the sweat is still wet, take an ice bath, a double whammy of ice and fire, and then measure your body temperature.
I put the thermometer under my armpit and took it out after five minutes. It had finally risen to 40 degrees!
The gangster couldn't help but beam with joy.
very good!
This degree is about right.
“Ding Dong Ding Dong…”
The doorbell rang.
However, Su Zelin was not surprised.
It couldn't be Qin Shiqing. The house was equipped with a smart fingerprint door lock, so Qin Shiqing didn't need to ring the doorbell.
I went over and opened the door, and it was indeed Lu Haoran outside.
In recent days, the honest man often comes to accompany Su Zelin in the evening, and also reports to him about Qin Shiqing's situation.
Seeing the gangster, Lu Haoran couldn't help but be shocked.
"Zelin, you look so ugly, what's wrong?"
"I have a slight fever."
Su Zelin said lightly.
"You have a fever?"
The honest man looked odd.
It was difficult for him to associate fever and cold with his best friend, even though these were the most common diseases among humans. However, Su Zelin was in such good health.
"Hehe, it's just a small problem."
The gangster smiled.
"Zerlin, I think your fever seems to be quite serious. Why don't you go to the hospital and get some medicine?"
Lu Haoran expressed his concern.
Su Zelin's mental state was obviously not right, and it looked like it was more than just a minor fever.
"No need, it's just a fever, just drink more hot water."
The gangster thought to himself that it was not in vain for his brother to get rid of the fever after great effort.
Forget about getting medicine, I won’t even drink the hot water, I’ll have to continue drinking cold water later!
"How is Shiqing today?"
Su Zelin changed the subject and asked.
"She's still the same. She stays in the guest room all day long. She only shows up to eat, go to the bathroom, or take a shower. She doesn't eat much and looks a little haggard. Xiaoyanzi occasionally chats with her."
"Okay, got it!"
Su Zelin nodded.
The two chatted for a while, and before leaving, Lu Haoran said again: "Zelin, you should go to the hospital. I am really worried about you now!"
The gangster laughed when he heard it.
If an honest man is worried, it means that he looks really bad. He will definitely tell his childhood sweetheart, and then Qin Shiqing will be even more worried.
"Hey, if I go to the hospital, the doctor will prescribe me a lot of antibiotics. It's not good to take too much of that stuff. If your body can handle it, try not to take medicine!"
"Oh well!"
Su Zelin insisted on not going to the hospital, and Lu Haoran had no choice but to advise him: "If you feel very uncomfortable, you must go to the hospital, or you can ask me to go with you!"
"I know, I know. You should go back to bed early too. You have to go to work tomorrow morning!"
The hooligans kicked the honest man out without giving him any chance to explain.
The first step of the self-torture plan is to make oneself sick, and the second step is to let Qin Shiqing know about it. Lu Haoran is the tool for the next step.
Even if he didn't take the initiative to instruct, based on his understanding of Lu Haoran, the honest man would tell Xiaoyanzi about it, and Xiaoyanzi would tell Qin Shiqing.
After entering the room, Su Zelin turned off the air conditioner.
Qin Shiqing might come back tonight. If she sees that I have a high fever but the air conditioner is on, she will guess that I am using a self-torture trick, so I can't let her see any clues.
On the other side, Lu Haoran’s house.
"Haoran, you're back."
Xiaoyanzi was wearing pajamas and asked casually when she saw her boyfriend.
"Yeah, I talked to Zelin for a while."
Lu Haoran nodded.
Xiaoyanzi glanced at the tightly closed guest room and lowered her voice: "What do you think is the quarrel between Su Zelin and Shi Qing? How could it be so serious and he didn't want to tell anyone? Moreover, it's been a few days and Shi Qing still doesn't want to go home!"
Before this, she had never seen the two of them quarreling. At most, they just played some fancy tricks, but they were just flirting and could not be considered a real quarrel.
"Who knows?"
Lu Haoran could only smile bitterly.
Xiaoyanzi asked Qin Shiqing many times why she quarreled with Su Zelin, and Lu Haoran also asked Su Zelin several times, but the two seemed to have the same story and refused to reveal any inside information.
Lu Haoran hesitated for a moment, then said, "Zelin has a fever."
"Su Zelin is sick?"
Little Swallow felt like she was hearing a fairy tale.
"No way, can a monster like him get sick?"
As if she had thought of something, she asked suspiciously, "Wait, Su Zelin is not colluding with you to trick Qin Shiqing back home in this way? I tell you, this is a bad idea. If it goes wrong, it may backfire. If Shiqing finds out that Su Zelin lied to her after she returns home, she will be even angrier!"
"I can swear, it's true, I'm definitely not lying to you!"
The honest man got anxious and pointed to the sky.
"And I think it's a high fever, because he looks really bad. I advised him to see a doctor, but Zelin was reluctant, saying that taking too many antibiotics is bad for the body and that drinking more hot water will be enough!"
"Okay, I believe you!"
Xiaoyanzi knew her boyfriend too well, and she knew he was not lying just by looking at his expression.
"Should we tell Shi Qing about this?"
Lu Haoran asked tentatively.
"I think it's possible. Taking this opportunity, maybe we can help thaw the relationship between Su Zelin and Shi Qing!"
Xiaoyanzi's eyes lit up.
Su Zelin's illness came at a very timely moment!
Maybe I can give an assist.
"Wife, then go talk to Shiqing!"
Lu Haoran instigated.
"Okay, I'll talk to her right away!"
The two finished their conversation, and Qin Shiqing walked to the guest room and knocked on the door: "Shiqing, it's me!"
"Come in."
Qin Shiqing's voice was heard from the room, but it was weak.
As soon as the door opened, Xiaoyanzi saw her best friend curled up on the bed, with messy hair and a blank expression.
Qin Shiqing has been in this state in recent days.
Only the bedside lamp was on in the guest room, and the dim light made the pretty figure look particularly lonely.
Qin Shiqing is like a frightened little bird. She likes to hide in the dark and doesn't even dare to face the light or the outside world.
Xiaoyanzi felt very distressed when she saw this.
"Shiqing, no matter what happens, you have to take care of your body, eat and sleep, understand?"
"oh!"
Qin Shiqing nodded expressionlessly, and it was unclear whether she heard it or not.
"I think it must be Su Zelin's fault. Isn't that boy getting his comeuppance?"
On the surface, Xiaoyanzi was scolding Su Zelin, but in fact she was trying to save the country in a roundabout way.
Qin Shiqing then turned around, with a hint of surprise in her tone: "What happened to him?"
"He has a fever, a high fever. Haoran said it was 42 degrees. He looks like a dead person. He is half dead. He deserves it!"
Xiaoyanzi exaggerated and described Hunzi's condition as more serious.
"Why did he have a high fever?"
Qin Shiqing frowned, very puzzled.
She knew her childhood sweetheart's strong physique better than anyone else.
I did have a fever, but the only time I remember having a high fever was when I was in elementary school and got caught in the rain and someone brought me an umbrella.
"Hey, I originally thought that Su Zelin would never get sick in his life, but I was wrong. Maybe people are more likely to get sick in certain special circumstances, such as when they are in a bad mood or depressed. If they don't sleep well or eat well, they will naturally get sick easily. I have been worried that you would get sick these days!"
Xiaoyanzi casually found a reasonable reason for Su Zelin and continued, "But this kid is very stubborn. He has such a high fever, but he still refuses to see a doctor. The doctor said that drinking more hot water will be fine!"
Qin Shiqing's brows furrowed even deeper.
She knew Su Zelin's personality. He always endured colds and fevers and almost never took medicine. At most, he would drink a few cups of hot water or exercise more to sweat.
Xiaoyanzi secretly observed the expression of her best friend and couldn't help but feel secretly happy.
It seems that Shi Qing still cares about Su Zelin and was very concerned when she learned that he was sick.
"He deserves to have a high fever. Who told him to make you angry? Maybe it's a punishment from God!"
Xiaoyanzi deliberately scolded Su Zelin a few more times.
The more she helped to scold, the easier it was for Qin Shiqing to vent her anger.
It was almost time, so she decided to stop while she was ahead: "Shiqing, I have to go back to bed. I have to go to class tomorrow morning. You should also go to bed early and stop thinking too much!"
As soon as I walked out of the guest room and closed the door, Lu Haoran in the living room hurried over and asked, "Wife, how is it?"
"Shh!"
Xiaoyanzi made a gesture to keep quiet, and then lowered her voice: "When I said Su Zelin was sick and seriously ill, Shiqing seemed distressed, hehe!"
"That's great, wife, you are amazing!"
Lu Haoran was also very happy.
"Let's go to bed quickly!"
Xiaoyanzi pulled Lu Haoran towards the bedroom and gave the honest man a hard time.
"Wife, what time is it?"
"Idiot, you are so stupid!"
Xiaoyanzi scolded, "Even if Shiqing wants to see Su Zelin, she might be embarrassed if we're in the living room. Do you understand?"
"Wife, you are really thoughtful!"
Lu Haoran gave a thumbs up.
“Crack!”
The lights in the living room suddenly went out.
The honest couple entered the room, and Xiaoyanzi deliberately stomped her slippers hard, making a clacking sound, and shouted loudly: "Ah, I'm so sleepy, go to sleep!"
Through the crack in the door at the bottom, Qin Shiqing could also tell that her good sister and boyfriend had gone into the room to rest.
Her expression changed, and no one knew what she was thinking.